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Joe Scarborough with co-host Mika Brzezinski.
On Tuesday, Scarborough released a series of tweets criticizing Rubio for saying that he felt "out of place" in the US because of the Obama administration's policies.
"Marco goes full-on nativist. Says he feels out of place in his own country. It's such a crass play. It's offensive," Scarborough, a former Florida Republican congressman, wrote of the ad.
In his ad, Rubio criticized the government for being out of touch, allowing wages to stagnate, and growing the national debt. And in a nod to social conservatives, Rubio criticized those who would call people "bigots and haters" for holding true to their values.
"This election is about the essence of America - about all of us who feel out of place in our own country, a government incredibly out of touch, and millions with traditional values branded bigots and haters," Rubio said in the ad, which was published Monday.
Scarborough said on Tuesday that Rubio's rhetoric was part of a larger, bipartisan problem of people complaining about not feeling "at home" in the US when their party is out of power.
View Scarborough's tweets and the offending below:
Marco goes full-on nativist. Says he feels out of place in his own country. It's such a crass play. It's offensive. https://t.co/RPtlejaTyV
- Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) December 15, 2015It was offensive when Democrats said they didn't feel at home in their own country when GWBush was president. It's just as much now.
- Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) December 15, 2015To Marco (& movie stars promising to move to Canada if a Republican is elected), if that's how you feel about America, just leave now. #USA
- Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) December 15, 2015The second most nativist statement according to pollsters is "These days, I feel like a stranger in my own country." https://t.co/yjUDhDFySZ
- Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) December 15, 2015